Basic Black For Summer? Visible Monday

Summer temperatures call for light colors, light fabrics, tons of sunscreen (melanoma patient here), a haircut, and a relaxed vibe. I’ve got all the above today, except I am wearing basic black. I love black all year, it makes me feel properly dressed. I like to mix it with white and ivory, and I enjoy the freedom to eat spaghetti at lunch without my Tide pen in hand.

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The structured dress I’m wearing is dressier than most of my daily outfits, but I still love wearing it to bike around town, or walk down to the corner to get a slice. One of the many delights of retirement is having no wardrobe divisions – it’s all for fun now. I thrifted this no-tag dress downtown, and I usually add a couple of necklaces. Here I wore only two bracelets, one from when I was about eight years old. It spells out “Patti” in tiny beads, and my grandfather Gibbons crafted it.

I got a long-overdue hair trim, and said good-bye to some old blond hair. I’m still not as silver as I want to be, but it’s closer.

If you’re eating indoors in Florida, you’ll need a jacket – strange but true. The restaurants and shops are kept chilly, for the tourists I reckon. I’m loving this thrifted jean jacket by Lucky Brand; it goes with every darn thing in my closet. Summer sandals to show off the pedicure, naturally.

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We’re mind-melding – I wrote about pasta in my latest post too. I love how you punked up the dress with the denim and I love that your grandfather Gibbons made your bracelet! Looking cool. Thanks for the linkup, Patti.

That is a great jacket! I guess I never thought about the wardrobe perk of retirement. That’s definitely something to look forward to as I tend to categorize my clothes in my head!
Debbiehttp://www.fashionfairydust.com

Love your thrifted black dress, and how amazing that you still have that bracelet crafted by your grandmother all those years ago! That’s so sweet! Like you, I am loving my thrifted denim jacket, which seems to go with everything. It even suits undercover cat! xxx

You look great in all black! Its very chic! I love the style of this dress on you Patti, the rusching and the neckline, pretty! I also love your haircut! I need something done or it will be ponytails for me soon!
Have a wonderful week!
jess xxhttp://www.elegantlydressedandstylish.com

So very sweet that you still have your handcrafted bracelet. That just makes my heart happy.

Love the dress and that collar is all kinds of fab! Cute with the denim jacket. I work in a library and am always layered up {I even keep a heater at my desk}. Seriously, why does it have to be freezing, just because it’s warm outside?

I love this time of life when I can dress casually most of the time. You are right about black, it always makes me complete! And your dress is so perfect with that fun denim jacket. Happy Monday!
Cherylhttp://www.northwestmountainliving.com

I love that dress. The neckline, the sleeves that are just enough to avoid shoulder sunburn.
I wear black all the time in summer. I have had too many white dresses ruined by sunblock stains–it turns them yellow.

I love your simple black dress, it is elegant and very wearable. The denim jacket is perfect with it, I hate it when places are over air-conditioned. I don’t know why they do that, but it is terrible for the earth and not healthy for us human beings. I love your new haircut. Have a great week ahead!
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Ellehttps://theellediaries.com/2018/05/12/fast-fashion-pollutes/

That dress is so chic in its simplicity. I really dig the Audrey Hepburn collar. Or, at least it reminds me of Audrey Hepburn. Arizona is similar with its oven heat outdoors and refrigerator temps in, so I get the need for the jacket. What a treasure is that bracelet your grandfather made! As much as I love everything you’re wearing, the bracelet is my favorite part.

I remember the aircon from a trip to New York long ago: it was do cold indoors that I got a cold, in mid-July, in the middle of the heatwave… I guess you have to get used to it.
We’ve been having a bit of a heatwave this weekend, too. Just like that, overnight… I wonder how long it will last…
You look stylish in black, and the new haircut is cool.